Monday, February 21, 2011

Extreme Orange Cornish Hen/or Chicken Breasts with Toasted Pecans

I've tried several orange sauces for poultry. I always longed for a more intense orange flavor. Therefore, I created my own with one of my favorite items - orange marmalade. Now many of the recipes I tried already had orange marmalade; so, I thought why not really use it...without adding all those other unnecessary ingredients - and that's just what I did...adding only a minimum number of spices!

Impress your guests and enjoy them at the same time with this simple, but definitely not ordinary entree!

Oh You Shouldn't Have Gone to all That Trouble....

(I won't tell them if you won't...)

Ingredients (Per one to two Servings)

One Rock Cornish Game Hen - thawed* (Conventionally one whole hen is served per person; I find one-half is enough for some.)

2 TB butter or margarine (melted)

1/8 tsp. kosher salt

1/8 tsp. fresh ground black pepper

dash garlic powder

1/4 tsp. dried rosemary leaves

1/4 tsp. dried oregano leaves

approx. 1 c. orange marmalade** (divided)

approx. 1/4 c. toasted,*** chopped pecans

2 orange slices (for garnish)

Directions (approx. 1 hr., 15 min.'s total cooking time)

Preheat oven to 350º.

Wash and dry hen.

Cut hen in half along breastbone and backbone. Remove backbone if you like and save for soup stock or discard. (Use kitchen shears or a sharp knife;I have surgery scissors - I don't know where they came from, but they work great!)

Place hen halves body up on a broiler pan. (You can cover the bottom of the pan w/foil for easier clean up if you wish.)

6 comments:

I love the way that citrus tastes with poultry, and cornish game hens always remind me of my mother...she loves making them during the holidays. Thank you for sharing your words, pictures and recipes. And thank you for your kind thoughts on my blog. I appreciate you!

@Monet - Yes, I love citrus with poultry and also fish and certain beef dishes too. In fact, I guess I just love it, since (what's that got to do w/this) I love it in body sprays and washes too! I did serve the Orange Cornish Hen for a holiday not too long ago. Your writing and recipes are wonderful!

Cornish hens are one of my favorite poultry dishes, one of the reasons being that you can just make one hen for each person and there's no fighting over who gets the wings, drumsticks, thighs, etc. I love the way you really rocked out the orange flavor in this recipe and will be bookmarking to try later...maybe in the previously discussed orange theme dinner :)

Thank you Jill from Dulce Dough!

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